Folks, I'm incredibly sorry for this mess. Somehow the spammers have figured out how to get past our spam filters and directly inject posts into the database. This leaves the site corrupted and it takes me an hour or so to fix each time. I'll do my best to stay on top of it and try to plug whatever hole they've discovered.

In the meantime, if you find the spammers, I suggest you tie them to their chair and make them watch hours upon hours of "I just got my first theremin" videos on YouTube.

I guess the reason they do it is because they can. In this instance they are criminals offering fraudulent identity documents and credit cards. Being criminals, my guess is also that they probably simply take money from those who are inclined to buy what is offered (and of course the buyer's identity and credit card details) and deliver nothing in return.

Shutting down the site would be a tragedy. Can you not simply suspend new membership authorizations for a period?